Missed The Boat

While we're on the subject

Could we change the subject now?

I was knokin' on your ear's door

But you were always out

Lookin' towards the future

We were begging for the past

Well, we know we'd had the good things

But those never seem to last

Oh, please, just last

Everyone's unhappy

Everyone's ashamed

Well all just got caught

Lookin' at somebody else's page

Well nothin' ever went quite

Exactly as we'd planned

Our ideas held no water

But we used'em like a damn

Oh, and we carried it all so well

As if we'd got a new position

Oh, and I'll laugh all the way to hell

Saying, "Yes, this is a fine promotion!"

Oh, and I'll laugh all the way to hell

Of course everyone goes crazy

Over such and such and such

Well we'd made ourselves a pillar

But just used it as a crutch

We are certainly uncertain

At least I'm pretty sure I am

Well we didn't need the water

But we still built that good God!

Oh, and I know this of myself

I assume as much for other people

Oh, and I know this of myself

We've listened more to life's end-gong

Than the sound of life's sweet bells

Was it ever worth it?

Was there all that much to gain?

Well we knew we'd miss the boat

And we'd already missed the plane

We didn't read the invite

We just danced at our wake

All our favorites were playin'

So we coud shake!

Shake, shake, shake!

Tiny cortains opened then

We heard the tiny clap of little tiny hands

A tiny man would tell a little joke

And get a tiny laugh from all them folks

Sitting drifting round on bubbles

Then thinking it was us that carried them

When we finally got it figure out

That we had truly missed the boat

Oh, and we carried it all so well

As if we'd got a new position

Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves

Without the skills to make a shelf with

Oh, what useless tools ourselves